# The Vaping Products (Production, Duty Stamps and Commencement) Regulations 2026, Regulation 5: Approval requirement - exception for limited type of production


(1) This regulation applies where a person (P) carries out a limited type of production on premises listed on, and in accordance with, another customs or excise approval.
(2) Where this regulation applies, P may carry out that limited type of production without having been approved under regulation 4.
(3) In this regulation, a “limited type of production” means, in respect of a vaping product that is not duty-paid, the packaging, labelling or advertising of that product so as to indicate it is intended to be vaporised by a vape.
(4) In this regulation, “another customs or excise approval” means an approval specified by the Commissioners in a notice published by them for the purposes of this regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/331/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/vaping-products-production-duty-stamps-and-commencement-regulations-2026/regulation-5
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